Mormon leaders, military veterans and elected officials reacted with anger to a new Department of Defense policy that does not consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a Christian religion as part of a wider effort to cut down the U.S. military’s list of recognized faiths.

“The Pentagon’s decision to list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christian faiths is wrong and needs to be corrected,” Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy, of heavily Mormon Utah, wrote on X on Sunday.

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[–] 250 points 5 months ago (13 children)

The in-group just got a little bit smaller

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  • [–] 78 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    There's plenty of great videos on how this works in fascist circles by people, such as Innuendo Studios:

    https://youtu.be/5Luu1Beb8ng?is=YM8DFDYAOYQRNjrn

    He has a whole series on the alt-right. Wonderful analysis.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

    One of my favorite YouTube series. If you’ve got some time, do yourself a favor and watch all of them. There is a playlist on the channel.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    That's how it always goes with fascist and bigots. The in-group gets smaller with each victory until the in-group has no allies anymore.

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